Visitors to the museum will find over seven thousand exhibits across five different halls. This gives visitors a comprehensive understanding of exactly what happened in Chernobyl as much of the information found at the museum was made available there for the first time. This includes unique videos of the disaster.
As visitors approach the museum, they will find emergency vehicles from the time of the disaster stationed outside, which are just a small hint at the extensive photos and films that await. Road signs from Chernobyl guide visitors into the museum itself, where in the main hall they will find a Geiger-Müller Counter. Once moving through the exhibits visitors are guided through a visual timeline consisting of thousands of photos, secret documents, maps and rarely seen films which tell the full story of this horrific event as well as a selection of the extensive protective clothing worn by those fighting the fire and a selection of some of the animals mutilated by the disaster.
Thanks to funding in part by the Japanese Government, the museum has been able to buy LCD TV sets, data terminals, film readers, DVD players and other equipment, ensuring the museum is completely up to date.
As this is a Russian language based museum, visitors are strongly advised to purchase English audio guides, which also control the media displays in various exhibits.